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After hitting hard in the soul circles with his deep Timmion debut single InchI Can't Love You No MoreInch and following it with InchThis Is What Love Looks LikeInch, Carlton Jumel Smith is back at it with an album full of contemporary soul gold. The material mined here is none other than the vintage groove troves of classic 1970's r&b, something the Cold Diamond & Mink crew brews up effortlessly. The songwriting and expression by Carlton carry strong echoes of Curtom productions, Memphis soul and naturally Motown. We're talking about musical traditions he's incorporated into his expression since witnessing James Brown at the Apollo as an 8-year old.Opening up with the dance floor ready testimony InchWoman You Made MeInch, Carlton sets the mood up good, whereas InchRemember MeInch delivers a devastating Chi-Town-styled group harmony groover. Fans of Menahan Street Band will get a kick out of the moody InchHelp Me (Save Me From Myself)Inch, which is followed by the beautiful deep InchAin't That LoveInch, carried by an intimate folk guitar lick. The album's b-side sequences the otherworldly shuffler InchYou Gonna Need MeInch with Carlton's rehash of his mid-Millennium InchI'd BetterInch, swapping it's programmed modern soul for a more organic form.On his album Carlton Jumel Smith explores different shades of the golden era of soul music, and it would be hard to find anyone doing it as fresh in 2019. You know those front to back soul album classics you treasure in your collection? This will stand up with the best of them. Album Tracks 1. Woman You Made Me 2. Love Our Love Affair 3. Remember Me 4. Help Me (Save Me from Myself) 5. Ain't That Love? 6. This Is What Love Looks Like! 7. You Gonna Need Me 8. I'd Better 9. We're All We Got 10. I Can't Love You Anymore
